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Court upholds California ban on high-capacity magazines

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned two lower court judges and upheld California's ban on high-capacity magazines Tuesday in a split decision that may be headed ...

Nov 30, 2021

Ex-Trump aide Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and providing some documents, putting off for now ...

Nov 30, 2021

Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV's Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican, according to ...

Nov 30, 2021

NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses

NEW YORK (AP) - The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health ...

Nov 30, 2021

It's official: Rihanna's 'right excellent' in Barbados

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Rihanna smiled under her face mask as she heard her name called in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, but hesitated before she stood up. Before her, top Barbadian government o...

Nov 30, 2021

Epstein pilot resumes testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helpi...

Nov 30, 2021

German court convicts ex-IS member in Yazidi girl's death

BERLIN (AP) - A former member of the Islamic State group was convicted by a German court on Tuesday of genocide and committing a war crime over the death of a 5-year-old girl he had purchased as a sla...

Nov 30, 2021

Far-right pundit to launch campaign for French presidency

PARIS (AP) - A far-right former TV pundit with multiple hate-speech convictions was poised Tuesday to officially enter the race for France's presidency, having already shaken it up with his anti-immig...

Nov 30, 2021

Fire in Barcelona kills family of 4, including 2 children

MADRID (AP) - A fire in part of a building occupied by squatters in central Barcelona killed four members of the same family, including two children ages 1 and 3, on Tuesday morning, a local governmen...

Nov 30, 2021

1st French omicron case on Indian Ocean island of Reunion

PARIS (AP) - Japan and France confirmed their first cases of the new variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday as countries around the world scrambled to close their doors or find ways to limit its spread...

Nov 30, 2021